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May 25, 2017

Alaska city worries about herring decline

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Residents of a Southern Alaska city are worried their herring population is on the verge of collapse, although state officials say the birds are bustling.

KTOO-FM reports a tradition of eating the fish eggs has been spread thin as of late, and residents are concerned it could mean then end of a delicacy. Alaska Native people have been harvesting herring eggs for thousands of years.


 
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